Minimum cost design of a welded orthogonally stiffened cylindrical shell

Computers and Structures

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 787-797

  Jarmai K ^a   Snyman, J A ^b   Farkas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISKOLC   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Manufacturing cost calculation; Mathematical optimization methods; Stiffened cylindrical shell buckling; Structural optimization; Welded stiffened shells

Indexed keywords

COSTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; WELDS;

MANUFACTURING COST CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION METHODS; STIFFENED CYLINDRICAL SHELL BUCKLING; WELDED STIFFENED SHELLS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 33645882239     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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